diff --git a/RPC-XML-0.78-reproducible.diff b/RPC-XML-0.78-reproducible.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbfcda0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RPC-XML-0.78-reproducible.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Index: RPC-XML-0.78/etc/make_method
+===================================================================
+--- RPC-XML-0.78.orig/etc/make_method
++++ RPC-XML-0.78/etc/make_method
+@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ sub write_file
+ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
+ <!DOCTYPE $tag SYSTEM "rpc-method.dtd">
+ <!--
+-    Generated automatically by $cmd $VERSION on $date
++    Generated automatically by $cmd $VERSION
+ 
+     Any changes made here will be lost.
+ -->
diff --git a/RPC-XML-0.78.tar.gz b/RPC-XML-0.78.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index f670441..0000000
--- a/RPC-XML-0.78.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:a2c02724a29f8f3183e396d1ca69fa76650cd913334d6d429a094321f588ec6a
-size 207243
diff --git a/RPC-XML-0.79.tar.gz b/RPC-XML-0.79.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6bc886c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RPC-XML-0.79.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:9822ffcfbea9c2bddef00507dc93f7acb83589e6ff6460ca7040f147aeebf9a9
+size 209612
diff --git a/cpanspec.yml b/cpanspec.yml
index 05477bf..a5c1f80 100644
--- a/cpanspec.yml
+++ b/cpanspec.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ patches:
  RPC-XML-0.76-extern_ent.dif:
  #PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM - coolo@suse.de RT#86187
  RPC-XML-0.77-fixtest.dif: -p1
+ #PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE - coolo@suse.de reproducible builds
+ RPC-XML-0.78-reproducible.diff: -p1
 #  foo.patch: -p1
 #  bar.patch:
 #preamble: |-
diff --git a/perl-RPC-XML.changes b/perl-RPC-XML.changes
index f5a5720..57245d9 100644
--- a/perl-RPC-XML.changes
+++ b/perl-RPC-XML.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Mar  8 08:54:25 UTC 2016 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- update to 0.79
+      Test clean-up/fixes to address CPAN test failures. Should
+      address problems with having IO::Socket::IP acting in place of
+      IO::Socket::INET and also address some issues with a dynloader
+      bug being triggered by t/70_compression_detect.t.
+- possibly obsoleting RPC-XML-0.60-rev127.dif
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Mar  8 08:47:05 UTC 2016 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- add RPC-XML-0.78-reproducible.diff to remove date from build result
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Apr 14 15:37:32 UTC 2015 - coolo@suse.com
 
diff --git a/perl-RPC-XML.spec b/perl-RPC-XML.spec
index 6f7f9e0..b6d9ff2 100644
--- a/perl-RPC-XML.spec
+++ b/perl-RPC-XML.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package perl-RPC-XML
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2016 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -17,18 +17,19 @@
 
 
 Name:           perl-RPC-XML
-Version:        0.78
+Version:        0.79
 Release:        0
 %define cpan_name RPC-XML
 Summary:        Set of Classes for Core Data, Message and Xml Handling
 License:        Artistic-1.0 or GPL-1.0+
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Perl
 Url:            http://search.cpan.org/dist/RPC-XML/
-Source0:        http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/R/RJ/RJRAY/%{cpan_name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source0:        http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/R/RJ/RJRAY/%{cpan_name}-0.79.tar.gz
 Source1:        cpanspec.yml
 Patch0:         RPC-XML-0.60-rev127.dif
 Patch1:         RPC-XML-0.76-extern_ent.dif
 Patch2:         RPC-XML-0.77-fixtest.dif
+Patch3:         RPC-XML-0.78-reproducible.diff
 BuildArch:      noarch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  perl
@@ -66,10 +67,11 @@ respectively.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{cpan_name}-%{version}
-find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 644
-%patch0 
+find . -type f ! -name \*.pl -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 644
+##%patch0 
 %patch1 
 %patch2 -p1
+%patch3 -p1
 
 %build
 %{__perl} Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor